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If you have had the car for less than 12 months, complain to the dealer and they should re-align it free. My 2007 Camry Hybrid was out of spec on 3 of 4 wheels, and the toe on the rear was out of spec when I had my TCH re-aligned after about 6 months. My main complaint was the car tended to...

Does anyone use Alumiseal anymore? I had an old Honda Accord that developed a major head gasket leak. I had to carry a gallon of water around if I wanted to make it home. If I reved the engine hard, coolant would shoot several feet into the air from the overflow reservoir. One can of Alumiseal...

Get an LED LCD TV, the LED backlight lasts longer, is brighter, and uses almost 50% less power than a regular LCD TV. As far as brands, Samsung, Visio and LG are brands with better reputations. Here is a 19" LED LCD TV Consider a slightly larger set if they have wall space. A 22" will look a...

If you know how or know someone who can do electronic parts soldering, the electrolytic capacitor(s) are often what fails, and can be replaced for a few dollars. You can also try ebay. Here is one ebay sears garage remote

What PH should good coolant be? Is Lubeguard's coolant additive compatible with Toyota Super Long Life coolant? I ask as my water pump failed at 80K, and folks on the Toyota Hybrid forum are reporting a lot of WP failures, some even under 30K miles.

I have a 2007 Camry Hybrid that is almost 5 years old, and has 99,000 miles. I have had two coolant seal failures so far. At 80K the water pump seal failed. At 99K the transaxle seam seal failed, leaking hybrid system coolant. Having two leaks in under 100K miles seems unusual. Is there some...

Originally Posted By: Fazzone 10. You'd have to press the 'Start' button to turn the engine off. LOL - Number 10 is how I turn off the engine in my Camry Hybrid!

I'm not sure about other car makers, but the Toyota TPMS alarms when the pressure drops below 75% of the "set" pressure. I normally keep between 36 to 38psi in my tires. I've set my TPMS to alarm when the tire pressure drops below 34psi. This gives me an earlier warning of a loss of pressure...

How do they affect gas mileage? I have a Camry Hybrid, and am almost through my second set of tires at 4/32 tread. The oem tires were the Bridgestone Turanza EL400 - poor wet traction and noisy as they wore down. The current tires are Falken ZE329 - better wet traction - less noisy than the...

I've had some success using ATF, Simple Green and kitty litter to remove the worst of the stains on my driveway. What I did was to apply a thin coat of ATF on the stains, broom it back and forth till it looked dark. Next cover the ATF coated stains with a (thin) layer of kitty litter. Broom for...

Originally Posted By: ekpolk So I was going to go cruise some of the local back roads and trails (yes, in a hybrid Camry!). Sixty seconds from the house, the Low Tire light comes on. Sure enough, the LR is down to 20 psi (would have liked a warning earlier, but I'll take that on a slow leaker...

ARCO caused fouled injectors in my 86 F150 every time I used it. The truck would miss at idle and run rough after just 75 or so miles on a tank of ARCO gas. It would take a half a tank with a can of Berrymans B12 before it would smooth out. Every once in a while I would try a tank of ARCO...

Originally Posted By: Benzadmiral They're too dim for reading by. I have CFLs in a lamp by my computer and a lamp by my bedside, in the closet, and one over the stove. The rest are too dim -- you can't get such a thing as a 150-watt "reader's" CFL, can you? Phillips has a warm white 150w CFL...

Originally Posted By: cornfused Stupid question but where can one buy 303? I don't recall seeing it anywhere. I buy it at an RV supply store called Camping World.

Discount Tire quoted me $498 for Falken Ziex ZE-512 in the 215/60-16 size my Camry Hybrid uses. Discount included free rotation, but not free balance for the life of the tires. The ZE-512 was rated #1 all season tire in 2005 by Consumer Reports. They gave it a 4 out of 5 rating for rolling...